The Return of the Legendary Golden-Handed Blacksmith - Chapter 201

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Episode 201
201.
The Hall of Honor System.
This Hall of Honor System was fundamentally visible only to those registered within it.
Of course, there was a Hall of Honor ranking visible even without achieving accomplishments, but that was only possible for large-scale system achievements like the Auction House.
Because of this, Hall of Honor Achievement rankings spread through those who had achieved them.
Conversely, if you didn’t spread that ranking, no matter how remarkable a user was, there would inevitably be many who didn’t know of them.
“Keke, I’m the only one who achieved this accomplishment. I don’t need to become famous.”
The user Odongton was one who enjoyed gameplay that involved achieving difficult accomplishments.
His profession as an Adventurer grew whenever he achieved such accomplishments, and since that had always been his inclination anyway, the synergy was quite good.
“Finally made it!”
This was a city you couldn’t enter unless you were dead.
A city of the dead.
Yet he had entered it alive.
“Really, no matter how hard things are, there’s always a way. There’s nowhere I can’t enter and nothing I can’t find!”
-You have entered the Underworld!
-Achievement unlocked!
-Achievement [There’s Another Person Here] unlocked!
Odongton naturally believed he would be the first to discover and enter the Underworld.
But the achievement he’d unlocked wasn’t a first-discovery achievement.
“Huh? It’s not a first-discovery achievement? There’s another person here? What is this?”
It should have been an accomplishment only he achieved.
-You have unlocked a differential achievement due to a superior achievement holder!
“A superior achievement holder? Someone else got here before me? How is that even possible?”
It meant that someone had achieved a Unique Achievement that worked differently from his due to being the first to achieve it.
-Achievement [There’s a Person Here]
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1. Jin-woo [100 Points]
“Jin-woo?”
It was a name he’d heard before from somewhere.
“Wait. That Jin-woo? That Jin-woo you mention?”
The Jin-woo he knew wasn’t an Adventurer.
A Blacksmith and a Necromancer.
Yet that person had managed to enter the Underworld, a place even a veteran Adventurer like himself found difficult to locate?
“How does that make sense?”
How much effort he’d expended to even get here.
The areas he’d discovered first alone numbered more than five.
“I spent three months.”
Just the time he’d invested in the Underworld was three months. Only after three months had he finally managed to enter.
He blinked repeatedly.
“Lost to a craftsman in adventure?”
Odongton pressed his forehead.
-The God of Adventure and Thieves expresses shock!
“Surprising, isn’t it?”
Even the god sponsoring him was astonished.
“I will do better…….”
-You have failed the Quest!
Odongton clenched his teeth.
“Ha, who knew I’d fail at this?”
Of course, he had cleared the Underworld discovery Quest. He had only failed the Quest sponsored by the god. He could resolve this by performing better and earning the god’s recognition.
-The God of Adventure and Thieves takes interest in Jin-woo.
“Ah, no! That can’t happen!”
Odongton cried out urgently.
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Suomi Company.
“Huh?”
GM Kim Na-yoon caught sight of a new urgent message while processing various work requests.
-User Jin-woo Dexterity Stat breaks through 10000.
-[10000 Rule] Achievement unlocked.
-First to reach Level 397
-Unique, first, unprecedented. No existing data to compare.
-Logical Message: Must grant Unique Achievement. Discussion ongoing. Discussion concluded. Unique Achievement granted.
“…….”
GM Kim Na-yoon, who no longer grew shocked by most things, found herself unable not to be astonished by this.
“GM Na-yoon.”
“GM Kim!”
As GM Kim Na-yoon sat there dazed, other GMs who needed to receive work assistance approached rapidly.
“What’s the matter?”
“Did Jin-woo do something again?”
“Well, it’s not like there’s any reason to be surprised anymore! He’s accomplished so many remarkable things.”
“What is it exactly?”
The GMs followed Kim Na-yoon’s gaze to the monitor.
“…….”
“…….”
“…….”
And all fell silent.
“Is… is this right?”
“This is right, isn’t it? There’s no error or anything happening right now, is there? I mean, it’s a Logical Message, so an error shouldn’t even occur.”
“First to reach Level 397? With the 10000 Rule!?”
The 10000 Rule had been the exclusive domain of the highest-ranked users.
You needed to at least reach the top 50 to obtain it, and among the top 100 rankers, quite a few lacked this achievement.
That was because raising a single stat to 10000 was itself an extremely difficult feat.
Among users in the ranker tier, only a select few could achieve a 10000 stat, and to do so required a minimum level of around 500.
“What about Starlight?”
“What level was Inclassic?”
“I know. Starlight reached 10000 Dexterity Stat at level 599.”
“Inclassic was level 588.”
All of them had reached 10000 stat when their levels had approached 600.
“What about Slayer?”
“Slayer broke through 10000 Strength Stat at level 612.”
Among numerous top-ranked users, Jin-woo stood alone.
Uniquely solitary.
“Not early-400s level, not even 400-level range…….”
The 300-level range.
No one had thought anyone in that level bracket could achieve a 10000 stat.
“GM Na-yoon, is Jin-woo always doing things like this?”
At that question, GM Kim Na-yoon nodded.
“Yes.”
Then she smiled.
“Even the Logical Message is always surprised.”
Jin-woo’s achievements surprised neither people nor AI.
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Offline, the logged-out Jin-woo was handling various administrative tasks.
“I’ve been curious about this.”
Jin-woo was quite curious about his Netflix ranking.
“The domestic ranking is basically settled.”
The ranking he’d firmly secured with part two showed no sign of changing.
In the meantime, Slayer’s video, which had been in second place, had dropped to fifth.
“It’s been fun because of that.”
Jin-woo then checked the worldwide ranking.
Now Jin-woo’s competition was no longer domestic but worldwide.
“Second place.”
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1. Pendant. From the Bottom to the Top
2. The Soul Blacksmith, Jin-woo [↑]
Currently occupying the worldwide first place was Pendant.
Pendant’s biographical video also appeared frequently in community discussions.
It had been frequent before, but as Jin-woo climbed to second place, posts comparing his video with Pendant’s had increased.
-Can Jin-woo take first?
-Doesn’t seem likely. Pendant’s video already has a lot of content built up. It’s currently writing history.
-But I heard Jin-woo’s video is also writing history? The trend is actually moving upward in reverse.
-Then I genuinely don’t know what’ll happen?
-Never expected a Korean craftsperson user to climb like this.
-I thought it’d end with the craft well.
“Is this person also a craftsperson?”
He was sure he’d seen them before in the Hall of Honor ranking.
“The artwork is quite good.”
Both first and second place are held by craftspeople.
“I should watch it sometime later. See what kind of video it is.”
Next, Jin-woo entered JinTube.
“The comment count is insane.”
Compared to other MiTubers, Jin-woo’s channel had double the comment count.
“The likes are good too.”
The view count was naturally at an insane level.
“Hmm.”
Checking JinTube’s videos, he began to understand why people were so enthusiastic.
“This guy. His editing skills keep improving?”
Dongwoo’s editing skills had leveled up considerably. The raw footage Jin-woo sent was quite rough. He edited it engagingly and placed subtitles strategically throughout.
“There’s no dragging. At this point, he must’ve sharpened his cut editing.”
Jin-woo himself didn’t know much in detail about video editing, but he’d seen other MiTube channels before.
Compared to those channels, Jin-woo’s videos had absolutely no excess fat.
Ding!
Jin-woo checked the deposited amount.
“3.5 billion.”
The money he’d earned from New Gene was of course far more than this. Jin-woo had only converted a portion of it to cash so far.
“I don’t need to convert all the money. There’ll be times I need Gold.”
The money Jin-woo had converted had a definite purpose.
“I always thought owning a home in Seoul was just a dream.”
Owning a home.
Jin-woo smiled slightly.
If he earned money, there was something he most wanted to buy.
It was a home.
“I’ve always wanted us to have a home.”
After his parents passed away, who had sheltered and protected him like an umbrella or a fence, Jin-woo had moved frequently.
A home that had once embraced him warmly had become a cold place to him.
Of course, it must have felt even more so for Dongwoo.
So he planned to change it.
To a warm home of his own.
“I’ll buy a big house.”
He planned to buy a spacious house where he could set up his game room and Dongwoo’s studio.
“That way I can give him feedback on his edits right away.”
Jin-woo smiled.
“I can send him videos more frequently.”
He uttered a terrifying statement, one that would have made Dongwoo tremble had he heard it, with perfect calm.
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On Avalon Forge District in Chanran, there were truly many workshops.
Jin-woo visited the smithy that appeared to be the oldest there.
-Craft House Os-sohn.
The workshop was named Os-sohn, with a large nameplate designating it as a Craft House.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
‘There are quite a few people.’
It was busy compared to other workshops in the street.
“I’m here to pick up the sword I commissioned!”
“How much is this shield!”
“Where is apprentice Kiro!”
In the workshop filled with the sound of Hammering, heat, and voices straining to be heard above it, Jin-woo spoke to a blacksmith who appeared quite young.
“I’m looking for the master blacksmith of this establishment.”
“…….”
A stubborn-faced blacksmith looked him over once, then turned his face away with a swift gesture.
‘There’s definitely pride there.’
But soon he looked back at Jin-woo.
-Nobility shines through you.
The Nobility score began to shine brightly.
“You’re a… blacksmith?”
“Yes, I’ve come to speak with the master blacksmith.”
Jin-woo smiled as he said this.
“I’d like to exchange knowledge.”
An exchange of knowledge.
“Is it possible to meet?”
The beginning of challenging a master.

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